Motivation as a goal.

What I've been doing over these few days without posting anything was, basically thinking about: What really motivates me? And I asked my self 3 questions: 

- How do I achieve my goals?

-When do I want to set my self a goal?

-By who I am pushed forward to go on and try it?

Sincerely, I was blocked out when I started thinking about that, because I'm not concerned about what is surrounding me everyday: friends, teachers, family, unknown people, society problems, economic problems, cultural problems... everything surrounding us make us not be concerned about what is happening and if what you really want to achieve is going to be possible or not. 

What I've been noticing is that people that you are important to are going to be there, everyday, pushing you to the next level, but that doesn't mean that you just don't need to do anything, the key words here are HARD WORK. With hard work you can achieve that level of self-esteem that makes you feel good and proud of yourself. But, it always happens... When you put all of your effort in something and then you feel that you have not achieved it on what you have been putting effort, hours, and hours on it, you have even lost "fun" time for that, because you where really thinking that is the time to show everyone what you are capable of doing, how does that feel? Yes, is tough isn't it? I'm sure everyone has felt like that before. Really under your own pressure. 

Let's be positive. We are human beings, we can commit an error, we can have really tough years because sometimes you don't feel capable of doing anything. 

I have always been a positive person, and wanted to see everything positively, trying to understand every type of situation someone believe he/she is in and trying to put my self in his/her position, and give them advice or a tip to get the problem away as soon as possible, or just being mentally strong and being sure of them selves. When really tough times come on to you, just make yourself some questions: What do I really want? What would I recommend a friend to do if he/she had the same problem? Do I want to solve this problem? Am I going to stop studying because it worries me? 

Am I going to stop studying because it worries me? That question is the one that you really need to think about, worrying too much and having that problem in your mind and does not let you study the way you should. Problems always have a solution. You can have 2 problems, the one you've got and the one you are creating to your self. Think about your future constantly, not in a 25 year future, but in the 2 years time future. And really focus that if an economic world wild crisis has a solution, a day-life problem has it too. Be secure of your self when you really want to solve a problem, to go ahead and say what you really think (but careful, with appropriate words and thinking two times before saying it). 

Why is giving up not an option?

When difficult times approach our days it's not easy to push our selves to a positive way of thinking. We just close our minds and think the way we really want it to be. We don't want anyone giving their opinion or really trying hard to make you see what someone from the other side sees, you just want to hide on what you really believe or think.

What experts define giving up is by:  

       A procedure in securities or commodities trading where the executing broker places a trade on behalf of another broker as if he/she actually executed the trade.

        This meaning that you don't believe in yourself and in your possibilities, because maybe what is surrounding you in those moments it's not making you want to move forward and try. The key work is "try". If you don't try you don't know if you are good at it, you don't even know if you are bad at it. 

Once knowing you are not that good, you can at least keep trying if what you are wanting is that. But trying, is always part of hard working to achieve a goal. Once, Mr. Smith, the director of my school, had a talk with me about my options getting into University with an Athletic scholarship, and what he said once I sat was: "Ines, you can achieve what you want, working hard and keeping trying..." he remembered me, who he is, how much experience he has and basically, he was right. 

        Many times we see ourselves not able to go ahead and do something, sometimes because of our prejudices and the stereotyped society we live everyday but that's not an excuse. We basically need to push ourselves up and go for it, simply chasing your dreams till you achieve them. 

We, as humans, tend to commit the same error thinking that tough times with time, makes it less tough.